move a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on a single gallon of fuel

[Ptah]

http://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-csx/projects-and-partnerships/fuel-efficiency/
Fuel Efficiency

Moving freight by rail is 3 times more fuel efficient than moving freight on the highway.
Trains can move a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on a single gallon of fuel. Efficient use
of fuel means fewer greenhouse gas emissions for our planet.

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. Not to spoil your fun or anything, but.....(edited)

LOL. Sorry... Couldn't resist!

That video looks like it was filmed in the part of the country I drove through today. I'm in Phoenix and came across West Texas, NM and up here to Phoenix today. One of the busiest rail corridors in the country parallels I-10 for hundreds of miles. On some stretches out here, long freights like that will clip along at over 70 mph!

Nice comeback from the other day, Ptah! I didn't mean to be such a buzzkill on your other thread, but I am fascinated by trains and those Great Northern locomotives piqued my interest. I thought you might like to know it wasn't just an accident, but a tragedy as well.

Nice post and cool vid!

Edit to say. Neat to see that Norfolk Southern Power unit leading 3 UP units on what is surely Union Pacific right of way. I saw an interesting combo today, with a UP unit leading a "Ferromex" unit leading another UP. Ferromex being the largest railroad company in Mexico.

[Ptah]

2. That video was taken near Willcox, AZ.